Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Roberta

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Roberta
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.6% from peak

Peak era

1953

Peak rank proxy

4,299

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19532024

Peak year

1953

Decline from peak

98.6%

2024

All-time

171,485

Roberta once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1953, when 4,299 girls were named Roberta.

In 2024, only 62 girls were given the name.

Down 98.6% from its peak.

All told, about 171,485 Americans have been named Roberta and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.6% from peak

In 1953:4,299 girls named Roberta

In 2024:62 girls named Roberta

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